DII RED 10
DII BLUE 10
Zach Merlo (Fairport) finished 2-for-3 on the night including a one-out RBI double in the bottom of the sixth inning as DII Blue rallied for the tie in Upstate Baseball League action at Basket Road Field, Tuesday night. Merlo plated Chuck Sobaszek (Rush-Henrietta) from first base with the opposite-field hit.
Chuck Sobaszek scores from first on Zach Merlo’s double to left. All ties at 10. 1 out in the bottom of the 6th. pic.twitter.com/OL6B0Qx6rL
— Paul Gotham (@PickinSplinters) July 30, 2019
Connor Nguyen hurled two scoreless innings of relief to give Blue a chance to rally. The right-hander struck out three and walked one. Trailing 10-8 going into the bottom of the fifth, Ryan Zaft (Webster Schroeder) cut the deficit in half with a two-out single to center field that brought home Antonio Jorge.
Ryan Zaft delivers with two outs. Five full: DII Red 10 DII Blue 9 pic.twitter.com/byQa2ZOo6a
— Paul Gotham (@PickinSplinters) July 30, 2019
Tommy Derleth (Fairport) paced Blue early with an inside-the-park grand slam for a 6-0 Blue advantage. Dillon Kelly (Rush-Henrietta) capped a four-run Red third with a run-scoring single. Preston Foryt (McQuaid), Joe Grzeskowiak (Rush-Henrietta) and Brian Nassivera (Greece Arcadia) drove in a run apiece in the fourth to give Red its first lead at 7-6.
Joe Grzeskowiak makes the 2-strike adjustment, reaches out and knocks an oppo RBI single. 1out top 4: DII Red 6 DII Blue 6 pic.twitter.com/dZ1330gul5
— Paul Gotham (@PickinSplinters) July 30, 2019
Jackson Rucker (Fairport) finished 2-for-4 at the top of the order for Red with an RBI and two runs scored.
Connor Sackett hauls in the final out of the bottom of the fourth. Tommy Derleth has 5 RBI for Blue. DII Blue 8 DII Red 7 pic.twitter.com/uWNWE9gEmh
— Paul Gotham (@PickinSplinters) July 30, 2019
Joshua Winter went 2-for-3 with a run. Mark Veerkamp drove in two runs with a hit. Connor Sackett and Zach Prior both singled, walked and scored a run. Derleth led the Blue offense going 2-for-3 with five RBI. Taft went 2-for-3. Wyatt Roselli (Victor) singled, walked and scored a run.
Mark Veerkamp runs down the fly ball off the bat of Zach Merlo. pic.twitter.com/J5Cjn4Z4kh
— Paul Gotham (@PickinSplinters) July 30, 2019
Nguyen doubled, walked and scored twice. Sobaszek singled, scored twice and tossed a pair of scoreless innings. AJ DeBalso (Canandaigua) walked and scored twice.
Tommy Derleth finds a gap and touches ‘em all. 1 out bottom of the second: DII Blue 6 DII Red 0 pic.twitter.com/JEZ0lPPDyX
— Paul Gotham (@PickinSplinters) July 30, 2019
Mitchell Roselli says
what an awesome GAME!!! You guys are doing a awesome thing for BASEBALL in our area!